During conversations, people typically mirror the gaze of others to make them feel comfortable and show signs of empathy.
It’s a social skill and one that comes naturally to many people, making it one of the hardest things to mimic when creating life-like robots – until now.
A researcher at the University of Wisconsin has developed a large-eyed bot designed to match the gaze of people it interacts with.
Sean Andrist believes that changing how a robot makes eye contact can improve the experience for the people they talk to.
